Archive for 'Fatah'
“But what if nobody takes notice?”
By Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, May 11, 2008
“But what if nobody takes notice?” is the question posed by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha in an article in the recent New York Review of Books concerning the putative ‘shelf agreement’ being discussed between President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert. A ‘shelf agreement’ is an exercise in […]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Fatah, Islamists, Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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“Follow Us Not Them” - The Ramallah Model: Washington’s Palestinian Failure
A Conflicts Forum Monograph, by Geoffrey Aronson, November, 2007
George Bush’s “vision” of a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is based on the supremacy of the “Ramallah model” over the “Gaza model.” U.S. policy intends that the advantages championed by Ramallah in negotiations with Israel and the economic revival enabled by international assistance will “strengthen Abu […]
Posted: December 17th, 2007 under Bush Administration, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MONOGRAPHS, Palestinians, West Bank.
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Bottom-up peacebuilding in the Occupied Territories
Alastair Crooke interviewed by Aisling Byrne, Conflicts Forum, Beirut, November, 2007
Alastair Crooke, former special Mid-East adviser to European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and adviser to the International Quartet, is the Co-director of Conflicts Forum. An edited version of this interview was published by BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Al-Majdal, […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2007 under Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Dialogue, Fatah, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Occupied Territories.
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Mish’al’s speech to Arab intellectuals
On November 5, Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish’al gave a speech to Arab intellectuals gathered at the Palestine Culture Institute in Damascus. The following is the text of the speech carried by pro-Hamas Al Aqsa TV. The text is reprinted here with permission from and thanks to Mideastwire.
In the name of God, the merciful, […]
Posted: November 11th, 2007 under CF REPORTS, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, PLO.
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The failure of the Palestinian national unity government and the Gaza takeover
A Conflicts Forum Chronology, October 15, 2007
The Failure of the National Unity Government and the Gaza Takeover: December 2005 to July 2007 [PDF], is a detailed chronology, documenting events leading up to the signing, on February 8, 2007, of the Mecca Agreement ending factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, leading to the formation of a […]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under CF REPORTS, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Mecca Agreement, West Bank.
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Closing NGOs underming Abu Mazen government
From our West Bank Correspondent, Conflicts Forum, October 8, 2007
The Al-Wurud Organization supports 130 poor families by providing food packages during holy days, feasts, and at the beginning of the school year. They hold workshops for women on social, educational and health issues. But the Palestinian government — the emergency government declared by Abu […]
Posted: October 8th, 2007 under CF REPORTS, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinians, West Bank.
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